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Subject Coverage

• Aquaculture
• Aquatic      organisms
• Aquatic      pollution
• Brackish water environments
• Conservation
• Environmental quality
• Fisheries
• Freshwater      environments
• Inland water environment
• Marine      biotechnology
• Marine      environments
• Meteorology
• Oceanography
• Policy and legislation
• Wildlife management

Publication Types

There are 21 publications types in ASFA. A citation can have more than one Publication Type; for example, many dissertations are also book monographs; many journal articles are also conferences, summaries and/or reviews

• Bibliography
• Book      Monograph
• Computer
• Computer      file
• Conference
• Dictionary
• Dissertation
• Drawing
• Film
• Journal      Article
• Law      or statue
• Map
• Numerical      Data
• Patent
• Report
• Review
• Sound      recording
• Summary
• Standard,      training manual

What is ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts?

This database provides extensive coverage of the world’s literature on the science, technology, management, and conservation of marine, brackish water, and freshwater resources and environments, including their socio-economic and legal aspects. ProQuest Deep Indexing: Aquatic Sciences supplements ASFA with access to over a million indexed charts, figures, graphs, maps, photographs, and tables from the scholarly research and technical literature. Overwhelmingly cited by a majority of aquatic science librarians as their primary database, the ASFA series is the premier reference in the field of aquatic resources. Input to ASFA is provided by a growing international network of information centers monitoring over 5,000 serial publications, books, reports, conference proceedings, translations and limited distribution literature. ASFA is the principal component of the Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) (http://www.fao.org/fishery/asfa/faq/en), an international cooperative information system for the collection and dissemination of information covering the science, technology and management of marine, brackishwater, and freshwater environments. ASFA is produced under auspices of the ASFA Partnership, a network that includes four United Nations sponsoring agencies and more than 60 international and national partners, each tasked with reviewing and indexing the aquatic literature published in their region. For over 30 years, ASFA has been published and distributed worldwide under a cooperative agreement between ProQuest and the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (http://www.fao.org/fishery/asfa/about/en) Although primarily English language, publications in over 40 other languages are translated and indexed for inclusion in ASFA. Updated monthly, with approximately 3,700 new records added. An ASFA searcher has access to the five ASFA-specific subfiles, as well as complementary access to Oceanic Abstracts and ProQuest Deep Indexing : Aquatic Sciences: Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 2: Ocean Technology, Policy & Non-Living Resources Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) Aquaculture Abstracts Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) Marine Biotechnology Abstracts Oceanic Abstracts ProQuest Deep Indexing: Aquatic Sciences     Attend the 2012 Annual Meeting: secure.fisheries.org/afsevent/Login.aspx Check out the latest AFS books at www.afsbooks.org Join AFS or renew for 2012 at www.fisheries.org/afs/membership.html